Toilet Paper Tube Penguin
This is a cute little penguin that will come in handy if you're
working on a Winter theme, Winter animal theme, or
Penguins themselves. I've also shown some options for creating a couple
of different kinds of penguins like Emperor Penguins and Macaroni Penguins.
These are the basic instructions for the penguin...
What You'll Need:
- Toilet paper tube
- Black and white construction
paper
- Scrap orange construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- 2 Wiggle eyes
- The templates below
What to Do:
1. Cover your tube with black construction paper. Print out the
template below for the penguin parts.
2. Trace the tummy template onto white construction paper and cut
out. Trace the wings template onto black construction paper and cut
out. Trace the feet and beak onto orange construction paper and cut
out.
3. Glue the tummy onto the tube so that the flat edge is at the bottom
of the tube.
4. Lightly crease the wings and then glue them onto either side of the
tummy. Creasing them before you glue them will help them stick out from
the body a little.
5. Glue on the wiggle eyes and the beak. Fold the feet on the
line to create tabs. Glue the tabs to the front inside of the tube so
that the feet stick out in front of the penguin. (See picture above.)
To Create An Emperor Penguin
It's really easy to create an Emperor Penguin by simply coloring his
belly. I used chalk in the picture to the left so that the colors would blend
easily. Simply color around the outside of the belly with yellow chalk and then put a line of orange next to that.
Blend the colors together.
You could do the same thing with crayons or watercolor paint, but the
blending won't be as smooth. Younger children won't care about that a
bit.
To
Create A Macaroni Penguin
It's also a lot of fun to make a Macaroni Penguin. First cut a
piece of paper to fit around the inside of the tube. Cut slits in the
tube to make a fringe, and then glue it to the inside of the tube. Rough
it up to make it look more fuzzy.
Fringe too difficult? Use strings, yarn, or
even a pom pom to make the
crazy hair on the head of a macaroni penguin.
By the way, the picture above is a little deceiving. Macaroni Penguins
are supposed to have a little bit of yellow or orange hair on the outside edges
of their top knot -- but this is just too complicated for younger children!
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